Chapter 41: Chapter 40 The Stone Pool Space Chapter 41: Chapter 40 The Stone Pool Space “What’s going on here?”
Yang Zhenshan felt that as the head of the family, he must understand everything that was happening at home, so he asked directly.
“Dad!”
Yang Mingcheng and Ms. Wang clearly hadn’t expected Yang Zhenshan to return at this time.
Both of them stiffened upon seeing Yang Zhenshan. Yang Mingcheng appeared uncomfortable, while Ms. Wang seemed somewhat panicked.
“Dad, it’s nothing,” Yang Mingcheng said with his head lowered, speaking haltingly.
Yang Zhenshan looked at him with a strange expression in his eyes.
His eldest son had always been honest and had never lied to his father before. Was he actually lying today?
There was definitely something!
He just didn’t know what it was!
Yang Zhenshan turned his gaze to Ms. Wang, and she shivered under his stare.
Then, Ms. Wang knelt down with a thud.
“Dad, it’s my fault, I shouldn’t have meddled in my parental home’s affairs!”
“Uh!”
Yang Zhenshan was completely confused.
What’s this all about?
Why did she kneel down?
Others in the family also came out, looking at Ms. Wang with puzzled expressions.
Except for the Li family, who knew what Ms. Wang had been up to these past few days.
Encouraging her parental home to split up!
Just yesterday, the Wang family had divided, and Ms. Wang played an important role in it.
The news had already spread and reached Yang Family Village.
As a member of the village’s intelligence network, the Li family had naturally heard about these matters.
“What did you do with your parental home?”
Yang Zhenshan didn’t have time to gossip with the village women, so he hadn’t heard anything about the Wang family’s affairs.
“I urged my parents to split up!” Ms. Wang said, her head lowered, sounding anxious.
Yang Zhenshan didn’t understand, “Why split up?”
“The sisters-in-law were often fighting, and it was distressing my parents—” Ms. Wang’s voice grew even softer.
Parents are alive; do not divide the household.
This was both custom and filial piety.
If one’s parents were still alive, wishing to split the family was seen as unfilial.
And a daughter who is married off is like water that’s been poured away.
Ms. Wang’s interference in her parental home’s affairs, especially instigating her parents to split up, was something that would invite criticism here.
Yang Zhenshan suddenly understood.
Although there were many concepts and customs here he didn’t agree with, being here meant he had to adapt to the local mindset and traditions.
But adaptation aside, in his bones, his mindset was modern.
As for splitting the family, if it should be done, then do it.
If the children are not filial, why keep them around?
It’s better to split early to save future troubles.
If Yang Mingcheng’s three were not filial, Yang Zhenshan would definitely drive them out of the house without hesitation.
However, he started to see Ms. Wang in a new light.
This daughter-in-law has grown capable!
He used to think Ms. Wang was weak and indecisive, but now she dared to go to her parental home and help her parents split up; her personality had changed a lot.
Yang Zhenshan thought it was a good thing.
The people of the Yang family all needed to grow and become stronger.
This strength isn’t about martial force, but about character and psychological fortitude.
“Get up, it’s just a small matter, no need for this!” Yang Zhenshan said lightly.
“Small matter?” Yang Mingcheng looked at him in shock.
“Isn’t it a small matter?”
“But everyone outside is saying…” Yang Mingcheng glanced at Ms. Wang.
Yang Zhenshan curled his lips. He naturally knew what the outsiders would say; the village’s intelligence network was full of gossip, constantly chattering about this family and that. He did not care about such matters in the slightest.
“What does it matter what they say outside? Hurry back and coax your wife, and if I ever see you bullying her again, I’ll beat you up!”
Yang Zhenshan couldn’t be bothered to explain to Yang Mingcheng.
Actually, it was hard to explain. Yang Mingcheng was a native here, and some concepts were ingrained in his bones; even if Yang Zhenshan wanted to change them, it would be difficult.
In Ms. Wang’s eyes, what Yang Mingcheng did was definitely wrong.
Feudal society, male superiority over female, all those rules about ‘the three obediences and four virtues,’ ‘the seven reasons for divorce’ were restrictions placed upon women.
Yang Zhenshan was well aware of these but neither could nor wished to change them.
Upon hearing Yang Zhenshan’s words, Yang Mingcheng immediately shrank his neck.
Was Dad going to beat him up?
How bad had things gotten?
Don’t look at him now as a Martial Artist; he really wouldn’t dare to start a fight with Yang Zhenshan.
Not to mention fighting, he couldn’t even backtalk.
Yang Mingcheng hurriedly helped Ms. Wang to her feet and half dragged, half carried her back to their room.
Yang Zhenshan didn’t bother with what the young couple did in their room during the day; they probably couldn’t do much anyways.
Well, even if they wanted to do something, it was none of Yang Zhenshan’s business.
“Ahem, Mrs. Li, where’s the second son?”
“The second lad went to the back hill with Lin Zhan early this morning!” Mrs. Li replied.
Yang Zhenshan nodded his head.
Although the young and strong-men of Yang Family Village had disbanded and no longer trained daily, the training ground in the back hill was still there. Anyone from the family or the village who wanted to practice Martial Arts would go there.
“When they return later, have him come to find me!” Yang Zhenshan ordered and then returned to his own room.
Sitting on the edge of the kang, Yang Zhenshan’s mind stirred slightly, and the scene of the Stone Slot Spirit Spring appeared before his eyes.
He had been in this world for half a year now, and the Stone Slot Spirit Spring had also existed for the same duration.
Compared with the original stone slot, the current one had transformed into a stone pool about a zhang wide. However, there was only a shallow pool of Spiritual Spring Water, probably about a bucket’s amount.
Although no spring water emerged from the center of the pool, ripples were present, indicating that the output of the Spiritual Spring was now visible to the naked eye.
According to Yang Zhenshan’s estimates, the Spiritual Spring was currently producing about six or seven bowls of water each day.
With such a significant amount of water, Yang Zhenshan naturally wouldn’t leave it untouched.
During this period, the Yang family had been using diluted Spiritual Spring Water.
As the water quantity had increased, Yang Zhenshan was no longer as frugal as before; every day, he would add a bowl or two of spring water to the buckets used for cooking and boiling water.
But even so, the spring water in the pool continued to increase.
Based on Yang Zhenshan’s observations, he also noticed some patterns with the expansion of the stone pool space.
The expansion of the stone pool space was not in relation to his physical condition or cultivation level, but it slowly expanded over time.
Perhaps time wasn’t the sole reason for the expansion of the pool, but there seemed to be a significant correlation between the two.
Although Yang Zhenshan had not figured out the main reason for the pool’s expansion, he had discovered other changes within it.
The first change was that after expanding to a width of a zhang, dark, fertile soil had been exposed instead of rocks.
Although the soil was only as wide as a gap between fingers, it implied that if the stone pool space continued to expand, a vast amount of land might appear.
The second change or discovery, rather.
He found that he could enter the stone pool, not just himself, but he could also place objects from the outside world into the stone pool space.
With just a slight thought, he could put items into the space, or take them out.
This discovery had excited Yang Zhenshan for quite some time.
The legendary storage space!
Not just a storage space, but possibly a Planting Space?
Or it could be an immortal’s cave dwelling or a land of fortune.
Yang Zhenshan had many speculations, but for now, he couldn’t confirm any of them. He would need to wait until the space expanded sufficiently to verify them.
Maybe there were other treasures within this space.
Yang Zhenshan was eagerly looking forward to this.